As a leading global provider of safety-related solutions, HIMA Group can draw on an enormous wealth of experience in the railway industry: We have significantly improved the safety of more than 20,000 kilometers of rail infrastructure and over 500 vehicles worldwide.
Our independent Open Safety Platform and comprehensive portfolio of safety solutions are tailored to light, urban, and high-speed rail network requirements. Visit us at InnoTrans to explore how we can help you enter the digital age of rail transport smoothly by reaching the highest safety and security standards, gaining flexibility and long-term benefits, and reducing life cycle costs.
At InnoTrans, HIMA will launch its RaSTA implementation and demonstrate how it has been integrated into HIMA’s Open Safety Platform. This provides a highly efficient COTS approach for SIL 4 solutions in railway automation. In addition, HIMA will showcase solutions that go beyond safety and cover aspects such as Rail Electrification, Mobile Solutions, and Secure Ecosystems to ensure that the digital transformation takes place without compromising on safety.
Safe & Secure: Secure solutions through partnership with genua
Digitalisation brings with it new challenges, particularly in the area of cyber security. HIMA’s partnership with genua, a renowned market leader in network security, addresses the growing concerns regarding cyber security in railway operations. The collaboration creates a secure ecosystem that guarantees maximum security for railway operators: security and protection are managed independently but in parallel, ensuring robust protection against potential cyber threats while maintaining operational integrity. At InnoTrans, we will demonstrate how remote maintenance access can be efficiently secured in different environments, for example.
Solutions for Railway Electrification: drive for the future
With the acquisition of Sella Controls, HIMA has further strengthened its portfolio, particularly in the field of railway electrification. The innovative solutions enable the control and safety-critical shutdown of the traction power supply and thus ensure the efficient and safe operation of energy management systems. At InnoTrans, we will showcase solutions for traction power control - for mainline, light rail, underground and tram systems. Explore the applications “Conventional operational control” and “Safety-critical shutdown”. Docklands Light Rail and Irish Rail IESS will be used as case studies. Both solutions utilise Tracklink® SCADA. Our solutions help avoid operational failures and ensure the energy infrastructure remains robust even under demanding conditions.
Mobile Solutions for safety on the road
Another highlight at InnoTrans will be HIMA’s Mobile Solutions. These systems guarantee the safety and functionality of onboard applications and ensure that railway vehicles can be operated safely in different environments. For example, we will demonstrate the functionality of our Tracklink 3 solution suite, which ensures reliability and efficiency for many onboard applications and makes rail transport safer for operators and passengers. HIMA’s Tracklink Overspeed Prevention System is a world innovation delivering the first and only SIL 2-certified overspeed prevention system for tramways.
Rail Control: More efficiency and safety
HIMA’s Rail Control Solutions provide intelligent automation for critical railway infrastructure such as interlockings, level crossings, and depots. These systems are designed to ensure safe control and optimised operation, reduce human error and increase the system’s overall efficiency. By using state-of-the-art automation technology, HIMA helps railway operators meet the challenges of a digital world while maintaining the highest safety standards.
At InnoTrans we present our electronic interlocking solution based on the HIMA Open Safety Platform. Using a practical example with the Taffs well depot simulator system, visitors can experience a SIL 4 interlocking system of a fully controlled and signalled depot in Great Britain.
Added value with HIMA: More than just safety
HIMA solutions offer more than just safety - they provide tangible benefits to railway operators. Thanks to their flexible and open architecture, HIMA’s systems enable operators optimise life cycle costs, reduce complexity and ensure ease of operation. This leads to considerable savings in investment and operating costs, increases system reliability and simplifies maintenance.
The most essential advantages of HIMA solutions at a glance:
- Flexibility by design: The open architecture promotes ease of integration, expands supply chain options by avoiding a technology tie to one provider, and enables system optimisation.
- Functional safety at the highest level: SIL 4 (CENELEC) solutions guarantee the highest safety standards for railway operations.
- Optimised life cycle costs: Proven technical processes help reduce capital and operating costs.
- Secure ecosystem: Robust cyber security strategies protect rail systems in the age of digitalisation.
- Technology leadership: Continuous investment in research and development keeps HIMA at the forefront of railway technology.
- Partnership for the future of rail: HIMA continues to expand its leading position in railway technology with its continuous double-digit investment in research and development.
HIMA: Your partner for a safe, digital, and secure future of rail transport.
Visit HIMA at InnoTrans 2024 (Hall 27, Booth 540) and find out first-hand how the intelligent solutions for the digital railway are changing the safety, operation and efficiency of rail transport for the future.
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